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For such a boldly titled and apparently driven attempt to reinstate Michael Jackson at the center of the pop world, Invincible is a listless thing. Split between scratchy funk workouts and midtempo ballads that might have appeared as Bad B-sides, the album plays on and on while never seriously promoting dancing or romancing. Its handful of weird moments--the resurrection-by-tape of Biggie Smalls on the bridge of the title track, for instance--are hardly large-scale bizarre like the first disc of HIStory. The title track turns out to be hardly the rampant egofest you'd imagine; instead, its subject is a female whom Jackson cheers on. Likewise, the most ear-catching moments of the "comeback" single "You Rock My World" come with Chris Tucker's jivey introduction. Despite a debt to "Payback"-era James Brown, "Rock" floats away like steam midway through. It's almost a relief when the old self-regard turns up: on the growling "Privacy," Jackson rants about muckrakers "stalking" him in search of "the stories you need to bury me," all this long after foundering divas and troubled boy-group members have replaced him on tabloid covers. The man may occasionally break away from the mirror but seems unsure where else to find inspiration. --Rickey Wright

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5.0 out of 5 stars The very definition of "underrated", July 18 2004

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Mr. J (Muscatine, IA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Invincible (Audio CD)

When people say the name Michael Jackson what do think of? The first thing that comes to my mind is the word King. The man had out sold Elvis, The Beatles, and everyone else. Because he is the greatest artist of all time! This album should be up with greats like Bad and Dangerous. Face it people, he wont top Thriller. So why compare eveything else to it? I have listened to Invincible more than Thriller myself. It is the album of my generation. It beats anything else out there now. Forget about these stupid molestation charges and the damn plastic surgery. Listen, with an open mind to the music.

Unbreakable- Strong start, Michael is back with vengeance. The rap by Biggie works well here. It is a pop song with a hip hop edge. 5/5
Hearbreaker- A trendy dance track that works well.The lyrics are great. 4/5
Invincible- See Heartbreaker 4/5
Break Of Dawn- Oh yeah, An excellent R&B ballad as only MJ can do. It's about makin' love 'till the beak of dawn, it's full of passion 5/5
Heaven Can Wait- Beautiful ballad 5/5
You Rock My World- How can anyone resist this one? This song is amazing.5/5
Butterflies- Another smooth R&B song. I can relate to this song. 5/5
Speechless-This is the greatest love song ever recorded! 5/5
2000 Watts- Expiremental(sp?) dance-pop song. Pretty cool. 4/5
You Are My Life- I can never get sick of these wonderful ballads. 5/4
Privacy- Rockin' track about the media invading Mike's privacy, You gotta feel for him here. All celebrities have to put up with a lot of crap from the paparazzi and the press. 5/5
Don't Walk Away- It's nice, I like the guitar in it. not as good as the other ballads. 4/5
Cry- A great peace anthem. R. Kelly is an excellent songwriter. 5/5
The Lost Children- It's a good song, I pictured a video for this with pictures of missing kids and a number on the screen. Something like that. Of course there would be a story going on. 4/5
Whatever Happens- Amazing song, Santana's guitar work is excellent. One of the best on the album. 5/5
Threatened- Watch out Thriller, this one is a killer. Ok that was a little cheesy, but It is a great song. I like the Rod Sterling parts. It's awesome. 5/5

Michael Jackson's most creative and his best albums came after Thriller, In my opinion.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable!, July 16 2004

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JAB.. (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Invincible (Audio CD)

This is truly the best Michael Jackson album. I read some of the one star reviews to see what people think badly about the King. (...)

It wouldn't matter about these haters because with Invincible, it helped seal his status as the BIGGEST SELLING RECORDING ARTIST IN HISTORY.:

130 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD IN THE 80'S

100 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD IN THE 70'S

124 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD IN THE 90'S

50 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS!

Hmmmm...404 million albums sold, twice as much as Elvis and the Beatles combined.

Hmmm....anything else to say bad about him.

The best tracks on this album are:

Unbreakable
Heartbreaker
Speechless
Whatever Happens
2000 Watts
Cry
Threatened
Invincible
Break of Dawn
Heaven Can Wait
The Lost Children
You Are My Life
Don't Walk Away
Butterflies
You Rock My World

Wait! Those are all the songs! Man, this album rocks!

Oh ya and Michael Jackson's demographic is the older teenagers and adults...which is great! You want to know why...he's not a teenybopper like the wannabe Justin Timberlake and Usher.

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5.0 out of 5 stars invincible, May 11 2003

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Mocha Phoenix (Brooklyn, New York United States) - See all my reviews

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dear michael jackson your cd is geat l think your cds are good l love your music videos l love albums michael jackson l am fan of videos l wacth your videos l your short film music videos l your video you rock my world

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5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!!
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